Means for holding and suspending balls of thread, &amp;c.



J. S. MACGLASHAN- MEANS FOR HOLDING AND SUSPENDING BALLS 0F THREAD, 84c.APPLICATION HLED JAN.20, 1915.

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JOHN SEIXAS MACGLASHAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 7GEORGE B. MAGGINI, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MEANS FOR HOLDING AND SUSPENDING BALLS OF THREAD,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 20, 1915. Serial No. 3,356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SnIxAs MAG- GLAsHAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Holding andSuspending Balls of Thread, &-c., of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to means for holding and suspending balls "of yarn,thread, twine, etc.

The object of my invention is to afford a means not only for holdingsaid balls, but also for suspending the same from any suitable andconvenient point of the clothing of a person while Crocheting, knitting,etc., in order to prevent the dropping of said balls or the tangling ofthe thread, yarn, etc., which under the present method of holding saidballs so frequently happens. I accomplish this object by means of themechanism set forth and described in this specification and illustratedby means of the accompanying drawing, in which like reference charactersrepresent like parts in all figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my new and improved holder. Fig. 2 is anelevation of my new and improved holder in connection with a suspendingchain and bar-pin. Fig. 3 is an elevation of my new and improved holdernot only in connection with a sus pending chain and bar-pin, but also incombination with a ball of thread mounted on said holder and clamped andfirmly held thereby. In this figure, the barpin is turned slightly outof its normal position in order to show to better advantage the chainconnection therewith.

In all figures A is the holder.

B is the chain.

C is a safety bar-pin. Y

1 is the swivel of the chain.

2 is the eye of the holder.

3 are lateral resilient turns in the holder arms.

4 are the corrugations near the end of the holder arms.

5 are the barbs on the end of the holder arms.

6 is the ball of thread. It is to be understood here that the wordthread means any suitable material employed in crocheting, knitting,sewingand the like.

7 is the pin of the bar-pin.

S is the clasp that engages the point por- Patented July 4., rain.

tion of said pin and not only protects the point of said pin, but alsosecures said pin in holding position. I

Having thus described my invention in detail and by illustrations, Ivwill now describe it as a working mechanism.

In mounting the ball on the holder, the thumb is placed in one of thelateral turns 3 and one of the other fingers in the other turn. The ballis held in the, other hand. The two arms of the holder'are then broughttogether by the action of said fingers, and the ball is then mounted onthese arms, or, in other words, these arms are then thrust into thecentral cavity or openingin the ball. The pressure of the fingers beingthen removed from said arms, said corrugations and said barbs of saidarms are, by the elasticity of the material out of which said holder ismade, brought hard against the diametrically opposite sides of saidinternal cavity of said ball with the efiect and result that the barbsengage and penetrate the ball and the outer turns of said corrugationspress hard against the sides of said internal cavity and in that waygive firmness and steadiness to said holder so that it does not wrigglefrom side to side of said internal cavity when in operation. The ballhaving thus been mounted on said arms, said barpin is secured to suchpoint on the clothing of the person using said holder and ball asappears to be the most convenient therefor. The end of the thread thenhaving been found, the thread is unwound by simply pulling on it, theball turning around in the manner of a top, the said swivel in saidchain affording the means for it doing so.

It is in this manner that the work of knitting or crocheting is carriedon without the least fear of dropping the ball or of tangling thethread. If the person using said holder and ball desires-t0 move fromone place to another, this can be done without any care whatever as tosaid ball, and this is an exceeding great convenience.

Thus it is seen that in the use of my improved holder, the users thereofcan change their position while using the same without any danger ofloosing the ball or tangling the thread, and this again is another verygreat convenience. To lay the ball aside, it is only necessary to unpinthebar-pin from the clothing, in which event the ball re mains mountedon the holder and ready to be again attached to the clothing for use asaforesaid.

Having thus described my invention in detail, by illustrations and as aWorking mechanism, What I claim is In means for holding and suspendingballs of thread, a holder having a spring-looped eye therein and armsdiverging first therefrom and then striking a course parallel with eachother, said arms at the point of the beginning of said parallel coursehaving in each a loop 01' turn and then next thereafter corrugations andnext thereafter outturned barbs, said loops at the beginning of saidparallel course being adapted to receive the ends of the fingers, togive resiliency to said arms and to form a sort of back-stop for a ballof thread mounted thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOHN SEIXAS MAcGL SHAN.

\Vitnesses ALBERT S. NovnLL, WiLLIAM JOHN SCHULTZ.

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